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There are four things that you cannot miss when visiting Salento. I think about them every time we get close to a trip to our hometowns. I try organizing my days based on what I want to eat … Continued

The city. Millions of people, traffic, business, dangers, noise, stress. Then a tunnel. Then a different dimension: the sea, the nature, silence, birds. A beautiful villa. This was two millennia ago. This is today. A few days ago … Continued

I get around the area between Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca since about 50 years now; I spent a few days every summer in this beautiful corner of Italy, appreciating the views, the people and the flavors. But, as … Continued

A few days ago I ran into this article from last year, which reminded me… fast food. Fast food, street food: something to grab on the street for small money, to carry on with the day. In many cases, … Continued

This time I want to talk about something I don’t know. So far we have been talking mostly about places we are rediscovering, but there are places that I have never visited, or that were not accessible when … Continued

Vesuvian Villas are like an old string of pearls: it’s a beautiful thing even though some pearls are damaged. When the King Carl of Bourbon (reigning over Naples) built a palace in the beautiful countryside (back then) of Portici … Continued

For many years May has been the month of the art in Naples. Many places usually closed are open to the public, the usual open places have their opening time longer; this is possible thanks to the cooperation between the … Continued

Friday morning, 6am. Silence. Quiet. That’s not because everybody is asleep: there are many people around already, and more will assemble in the next hour. Everybody is waiting. Hopefully it will not rain; the weather is always a question … Continued

I just read this nice article on the Guardian about today’s Napoli, and I wanted to mention it here on the blog in a brief post. I think this article catches very well what you can “feel” today in … Continued

Do you recall the legend about a black Madonna, two oxen and a shepherd? Well, today (Apr 23), like every year since the 18th Century, the Icon of the Virgin is brought by a shepherd and a sheep along with … Continued